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- would appoint an heir apparent while still living. In Scottish Gaelic, tòiseach translates as clan chief and both words originally had similar meanings...
- given by a lord "who was mormaer and was toiseach". showing that mormaers could themselves also be toiseachs. The position of the toísech in the Book...
- come to an end by 1412. Tywysog is cognate with taoiseach in Irish and tòiseach in Scottish Gaelic; the latter forms an element in "MacIntosh" (Mac an...
- Scotland David I, an Anglophile, introduced "thanes" to replace the Gaelic "tòiseach". Therefore Scottish thanage denotes the land and duties held and undertaken...
- Taoiseach to act in that role during the Taoiseach's temporary absence. Tòiseach, the Scottish Gaelic for clan chief. Tywysog (Welsh pronunciation: [təˈwəsɔɡ])...
- reign of David I (reigned 1124–1153), an Anglophile, to replace the Gaelic tòiseach (meaning leader, and with which the term Taoiseach shares an origin). In...
- from spliùchan [ˈs̪pluːxan], a pouch, purse. Toshach Head of a clan, from toiseach [ˈt̪ʰɔʃəx], beginning, front. There are numerous additional place-name...
- references show that the Brodie lands to be governed by a Tòiseach; in Scottish Gaelic, Tòiseach translates as "chieftain" or "clan chief", later to become...
- cooperation with other powerful local figures, including thanes, bishops and tòiseach, the leaders of powerful local kin-groups. The role of mormaer at this...
- the Annals of the Four Masters records the death of "Aedh mac Suibhne, toiseach Maonmuighe"/"Aedh, son of Suibhne, chief of Maenmagh". He was probably...